Bag-fastener.



H. G. BECK.

BAG FASTENER.

APPLIOATION FILED mm. 18, 1913.

I "1,070,389. Patented Aug.19,1913.

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UNITED STATES HOWARD G. BECK, 0F YALE, IOWA.

BAG-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aut 19,1913.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HOWARD Gr. BECK, a citizen of the United States,residing at Yale, in the county of Guthrie and State of Iowa, haveinvented a new and useful Bag-Fastener; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appersion ofserrations or teeth upon the opposite edges of the slot or on thetongues, in order to insure against the slipping of the draw string ofthe bag.

In practical fields the details of construction of the fastener or claspmay necessitate alterations, to which the patentee is entitled, providedthe alterations fall within the scope of what is claimed.

The invention comprises further features and combination of parts, ashereinafter set forth, shown in the drawings and claimed.

In the drawings :-Figure 1 is a view, showing a bag or the likeincluding a draw string, to which the improved fastener or clasp isapplied. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail view of the fastener orclaspdetached, however, showing a string clasped. Fig. 3 is a sectional viewon line 33 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a detail view of a fastener showing theserrations or teeth eliminated.

Referring more particularly to the draw ings, 1 designates the usualform of bag, the open or mouth end of which, designated by the numeral2, is gathered by the usual draw string 3.

The improved fastener or clasp consists of a spring steel plate, eachend of which is rolled or bent upon itself as shown at 6, which bentportions 7 are formed into points passing through the fabric of, thebag, for fastening or attaching the clasp to the bag, as shown in Fig.3, said points are designed by the numeral 8. The fastener or clasp 5 isslightly curved on the arc of a circle, and is provided with a slot 9,at each end of which a spring tongue is constructed integrally with theplate. These tongues 10 are slightly curved or arched as shown at 11, soas to receive the draw string as shown in the drawings. The free ends ofthe tongues 10 extend into slot, and are rounded as indicated at 12, toprevent the tongues from catching in foreign objects.

The opposite edges of the tongues and the opposite longitudinal edges ofthe slot are provided with serrations or teeth 12 and 13, adapted toengage the draw string, to render the securing of the same moreeflicient.

To fasten the draw strings of the bag, after the mouth or open end ofthe bag has been properly gathered, the tongues are slightly raised, andthe draw string placed thereunder, the tongues being constructed ofresilient metal, spring back in place, thereby holding the draw stringsecurely in a zig-zag contour, the teeth acting to hold the string moresecure.

The corners 14- of the plate are rounded, to prevent their catching inforeign objects.

It will be ascertained from the foregoing, there has been devised anexceedingly novel, simple, improved and efficient fastener or clasp, andone which has been found particularly desirable and practical, owing toits efficient adaptability to mail sacks, shopping bags, as well as allother types of bags, such as grain bags and the like.

The invention having been set forth, what is claimed as new and usefulis 1. In a fastener for a draw string, a spring steel plate having meansadapted for fastening the plate to a bag, said plate having an elongatedslot, opposed spring tongues, one projecting from each end of the slotand forming an integral part of the plate and extending into the slotand alined therewith to grip the draw string between the opposite edgesof the tongue and the opposite edges of the slot, each tongue having anarched or bulged portion transversely thereof to receive the drawstring, the opposite edges of each tongue and the opposite longitudinaledges of the slot having serrations to grip the draw string more secure.

2. In a fastener for a draw string, a spring steel plate having meansadapted for fastening the plate to a bag, said plate having an elongatedslot, a spring tongue projecting from each end of the slot forming anintegral part of the plate and adapted In testimony whereof I havesigned my to extend into the slot and alined therewith name to thisspecification in the presence of 10 ta grip tfheldraw string bgtween theopposite two subscribing Witnesses.

e ges 0 tie ton he an the ed es of the a slot, the opposite edges ofeach t%ngue and HOWARD BECK' the opposite longitudinal edges of the slotWitnesses:

having serrations, to grip the draw string R. E. OAsLow,

more securely. W. LEE Down.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

